Unpopular Opinions

[Dr Namgge]

Well I have quite an unpopular opinion that probably came about due to my study of psychological disorders but here I go... I don't think someone suffering from pedophilia is automatically evil.

Don't get me wrong, anyone who rapes a child or indeed just has sex with a child can have their dick cut off and forced down their own throats for all I care. But when you think of pedophilia you need to remember it's actually a mental disorder. It's a sexual attraction to underage children, and what or who you find sexually attractive is not something you control. In my studies I've read reports of people committing suicide, not because they touched children, but because they thought about it and believed they were automatically evil because of it.

There are ways to treat it like most mental disorders, but they usually don't know it or are too terrified to seek help, especially since people will burn your house down even at the possibility you might be a pedophile. But a pedophile is not automatically someone who rapes kids, anymore than thinking about killing someone makes you a murderer.

So just to summarise: touching kids very, very bad. But being a pedophile is a mental disorder, it is not synonymous with being a child rapist.

Add into this other unhealthy sexualities such as necrophillia, rape, and beastiality and I'm 100% with you. The second you act you deserve all the hate you get, but people who are sexually aroused by such things, but don't act, really need help.

Also, on a vaguely tangential note. What goes on in someone's bedroom is entirely up to them, married or not. So long s everyone understands the risks, takes precautions against STD's and unwanted pregnancies, and is willing, do what you want. If you want to have an S&M orgy, go for it. Nobody should ever tell anyone else how to have sex (unless they like that sort of thing). So long as everyone's mature and can accept the consequences there's no reason why a threesome, or some light bondage, or a little food play shouldn't be enjoyed.

 

[Chalacachaca]

All that hate for Beiber/Nickelback/whichever "artist" pollutes your local radio. Yes, I don't like them either, but they're not THAT bad.
But then again, I had to grow up during the early years of reggeaton, and I'm constantly harrased by vallenato, so I guess Justin Beiber is like a relief next to those two.

All those guys who say "I lost faith in humanity" all while being sitting comfortable in their chairs, living in a high-middle class suburbian home in a first world country, while wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt (Yeah, maybe I generalized a bit there).
Really? you want to know what's really horrible? I can't tell you, but I think accepting the fact that +60 people die in violent crimes every WEEKEND just in ONE city, it's close to the definition of being in hell. Close, but not quite hell.
There are evil people everywhere, but what most of those "miserable bastards", as one poster pointed out, don't know is that there are good people too. They just don't get that much screen time on tv.

 

[Vault101]

ohhhhh boy...one of thease threads....

I dont really have any unpopular opinions...well..actually

I think people who apeal to "political correctness gone mad" or "your attacking me because my veiw is unpopular" tend to be bigots because they dance around the issue rather than argue it

why do some people call ME3 a cash-grab? cash=grab implys its got no buiessness existing..considering ME3 is part of a trilogy...I mean come on people

This isn't a flame against anyone but it probably will be an unpopular opinion around here (seeing as quite a few people are like this)....

I hate miserable bastards. I don't mean dislike I mean I physically detest them.
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I kind of agree

 

[applesandoranges]

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[S1leNt RIP]

I believe in God and while I believe that evolution is possibly outside of my areas of knowledge/research/experience, I find it unlikely given my (woefully inadequate) research on the subject.

I think Abortion is killing a living (innocent) being and should be illegal.

I believe that freedom is preferable to safety.

I believe Zero Punctuation was better in the "old days".

The only truly OP champ was release Xin Zhao.

I think Pot should be legal.

I think homosexuality is a dangerous lifestyle, and while it should be free and protected, it is not natural.

I believe nurture is more powerful than nature.

I like Ron Paul for president.

I believe that the benefits of firearms outweigh the deaths of children that have taken place in America. (Wow, now I'm just being inflammatory.)

I believe that every person needs to be loved, and to show love to all others all the time in accordance to their personal levels of love, joy, and patience.

Skyrim was meh.

Kids are awesome, and having eight of them would not bother me in the least!

Edit: Oh, and anyone living in America who rages to ANY DEGREE about the "1%". They piss me off! "Rah rah, 1% is evil rah rah, I live better than KINGS of the past. I have nature bent to my will. In summer I am cool, in winter I am warm. I am part of the 1% historically, and right now I'm part of the top 5% alive." UGH!!! Hate that! Who CARES if someone has more money than you! Who CARES what they are doing with it, because when it comes down to it you are just as selfish as those people! Seriously, how many of those same people gave to a charity or non-profit that week? The month? My money is on most of them being hypocritical douche bags!

Whew, that rant was fun.

 

[Pfheonix]

I hate religion. I think it's a poison. It brings many people peace, but it destroys so much of what makes humanity great: it stops progress, and creates an intelligence drain on the general populace. God is a fallacy, and anyone who believes otherwise is either kidding themselves or just plain scared. People who have faith can do great things. Einstein, Thomas Edison, many theoretical physicists are spiritual, and have done more for the understanding of the universe, but they sustain this illogical and baseless belief. Religion, in particular, however, is evil. It should be eradicated. Extinguished. Firebombed from fifteen miles up. You get the point. It hurts too many people to be good.

Also, I think that guns are more than just a device used to kill. They can be used for mere enjoyment. As a hobby, the maintenance can be soothing, just like a car. I believe that ammo should be the restricted part, not the lower receiver, and that without ammunition, the gun is nothing but a big hammer. I live in the United States of America, by the way.

Also, the post above me was not there before I posted. This is mere coincidence. Very odd coincidence.

Homosexuality, however, is quite natural. Look at nature.

 

[S1leNt RIP]

I hate religion. I think it's a poison. It brings many people peace, but it destroys so much of what makes humanity great: it stops progress, and creates an intelligence drain on the general populace. God is a fallacy, and anyone who believes otherwise is either kidding themselves or just plain scared. People who have faith can do great things. Einstein, Thomas Edison, many theoretical physicists are spiritual, and have done more for the understanding of the universe, but they sustain this illogical and baseless belief. Religion, in particular, however, is evil. It should be eradicated. Extinguished. Firebombed from fifteen miles up. You get the point. It hurts too many people to be good.

Also, I think that guns are more than just a device used to kill. They can be used for mere enjoyment. As a hobby, the maintenance can be soothing, just like a car. I believe that ammo should be the restricted part, not the lower receiver, and that without ammunition, the gun is nothing but a big hammer. I live in the United States of America, by the way.

Also, the post above me was not there before I posted. This is mere coincidence. Very odd coincidence.

Homosexuality, however, is quite natural. Look at nature.

Lol, that is a pretty funny coincidence.

Also, your view of religion makes me sad. How is religion any different from any other worldview besides it's falsity?

I suppose if you compare homosexuals to animals it's natural. I mean, if I am an animal driven by my most basic need to bone and there aren't chicks around (we'll say I'm a rooster) then why not hump a dude? Men who are/were heterosexual before entering prison will satisfy their urges with other men.

But again, I'm not as well versed in current homosexuality research as I should be in order to support this claim.

 

[Da Orky Man]

*Dresses in a fire fighter's suit, and puts up flame shield.*

My unpopular opinion is that I believe atheists are just as close minded as the christians they claim to hate. Really? You only believe in something you can logically prove? You don't think there is anything in the entire universe that might be beyond your comprehension? You are so smart you can understand everything that has ever been?

Really?

They try to be logical, but it comes off as arrogance to me.

Another unpopular opinion, is that science and religion don't conflict. They are fundamentally different, and are answering fundamentally different questions. Science is answering the "How?" Religion is answering the "Who?" and the "Why?" questions. I don't see why people have a problem with it.


*Hides in corner and hopes for no responses with mean curse words in them.*

To be fair, you can't prove a negative. If I told you there was a small kettle is the space between Earth and Alpha Centauri, you could not prove it exists. Being an atheist simply means you do not think that any deities exist, much like how I don't believe a kettle is floating between us and Alpha Centauri.
You can say that a deity exists once you find proof that that kettle exists.

 

[BathorysGraveland]

I guess my unpopular opinion would be my stance on racism.

Not only do I accept racism, I can even understand certain racist beliefs (with the exception of skin colour hatred. If there is one thing I can't understand, it is hating someone purely for their skin colour). I certainly don't support them though, but compared to most people, I'm rather lenient towards it.

I guess another unpopular opinion, yet one not nearly as controversial, is my view on anime. I just can't stand looking at those kinds of art styles, at all. I have had to miss out on many, many games because of this.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

I like pop-punk. (Bands like sum-41, bowling for soup and yellowcard).

There's no big problem with that.
Sum 41 is rather good, Yellowcard is okay...

Bowling for soup?

They are NOT punk to the slightest exstent.

 

[Tanis]

People who's biggest gripe of the day is a video game ending - that like totally ruined their life - need to be forcefully neutered when they raise more hell about then...say...

O, IDK...

Stuff like children being sold into slavery and then used as sex toys.

 

[Woodsey]

*Dresses in a fire fighter's suit, and puts up flame shield.*

My unpopular opinion is that I believe atheists are just as close minded as the christians they claim to hate. Really? You only believe in something you can logically prove? You don't think there is anything in the entire universe that might be beyond your comprehension? You are so smart you can understand everything that has ever been?

Really?

They try to be logical, but it comes off as arrogance to me.

What good does it do for anyone to believe in something for which there is no evidence?

Of course there are things beyond our comprehension and current level of understanding. (For now and, yes, possibly forever.) That is not indicative of supernatural forces at work.

Edit: Oh, and anyone living in America who rages to ANY DEGREE about the "1%". They piss me off! "Rah rah, 1% is evil rah rah, I live better than KINGS of the past. I have nature bent to my will. In summer I am cool, in winter I am warm. I am part of the 1% historically, and right now I'm part of the top 5% alive." UGH!!! Hate that! Who CARES if someone has more money than you! Who CARES what they are doing with it, because when it comes down to it you are just as selfish as those people! Seriously, how many of those same people gave to a charity or non-profit that week? The month? My money is on most of them being hypocritical douche bags!

Many of those people are arguing about the fact that they have very little in the way of financial security and are penalised financially at the expense of the unimaginably rich getting richer. And your response is: "when's the last time they gave money away?"

Congratulations, because my jaw just hit the fucking floor. I mean, there are arguments against the Occupy movement which I fundamentally disagree with, but I don't think I've ever seen one quite as non-sensical as that.

 

[baconsarnie]

*unrolls list* lets do this
Scrubs is not funny and neither is family guy.
'Cool runnings', 'reservoir dogs' and 'scott pilgrim vs the world' are mediocre films at best.
'The simpsons movie' was terrible, the first 'transformers' film was far superior.
I liked driving around in mass effect 1
Pepperoni, mushrooms, onions and peppers ruin pizza.
Onion rings are terrible and should be destroyed.

There is and will be more but i can't think straight for the moment at ten past three in the morning

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

I believe in God and while I believe that evolution is possibly outside of my areas of knowledge/research/experience, I find it unlikely given my (woefully inadequate) research on the subject.

TIME TO EDUCATE!
Well, my friend, evolution is not as far fetched as many religions make it out to be- Infact, their is a large portion of evidence to support it.

Imagine this-
There is a population of birds, some birds have small beaks, some have large, and they very inbetween those sizes.
The birds with the small beaks eat small seads, the ones with large beaks eat large seeds, and so forth.
Now, say all of the small seeds were for some reason to cease in avalibility to the birds. The birds with small beaks don't have a food source, theirfore, don't live long enough to pass on their small beaked trait.
If this were to continue, soon all of the small beaked birds would be eliminated from the population.
This is evolution.
Change in a population- Not an individual group.

 

[blizzaradragon]

I believe the Star Wars prequels are better than the original trilogy, with The Phantom Menace being the best of the 6 and The Empire Strikes Back being the worst of the 6.

I believe Digimon is superior to Pokemon.

I believe the Wii is the best console in this generation and that the 360 is a broken pile of dribble that is only popular because A) it was released first and B) it appeals to frat gamers with it's HUMONGOUS library of shooters.

I believe the shooter genre is by far the worst genre in the history of video games, especially the first person variety.

I believe Skyrim is a broken mess, and think that Bethesda doesn't deserve the support they get when they constantly release such buggy products.

I believe EA isn't evil, and that the likes of Ubisoft and Activision are much worse.

I believe many of the people who look down upon bronies do so because they're jealous that bronies have something to love or that they genuinely had a shitty childhood.

*raises mega flame-shield*

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

I thought Splice was a bad movie.

Pot should be legal.

I think both the Republicans and Democrats are major idiots, however I think Democrats are slightly bigger idiots.

Dogs are better than cats.

Altair is way more awesome than Ezio.

Atheism is just as silly as theism, polytheism, etc. (mind you, this one gets me the most shit)

I hate hipsters and people who pretend to be nerds.

I think most bronies are annoying.

Fuck you chemistry!

*FLAME SHEILD...ENGAGE*

Edit:
I would like to add that dubstep sucks!

 

[Aulleas123]

Here are some viewpoints that I have that may be controversial...
-I'm not sold on artificial climate change. I have no problem believing that our climate is changing, I just think it's more natural than artificial. In addition, people who are completely closed to the idea that it could be much more natural than artificial kinda scare me. It's almost dogmatic how much they'll be willing to go to war over such a topic when the point of science is to challenge the status quo. Now that the "it's all our fault, let's suffer for Mother Earth" thing is the status quo, isn't right to poke at it to test it's integrity?
-While I'm a practicing Catholic, I don't know if I believe in God. I mostly go to church because I'm a part of the community and I grew up with many of my friends and family who go. As for the belief in certain things in the Bible, I'm very skeptical. In short, I'm actually more religious than spiritual.
-I believe abortion is a woman's choice, while I may not like fetuses being terminated, it's not my right to make such a decision for a pregnant woman.
-I despise the death penalty. It's the ultimate form of state control and has not been known to stop or slow violent crime in the slightest. Plus, if someone can be productive, then let them be productive in a prison cell rather than cut their lives short. I even feel that bin Laden should've been captured rather than killed. Sure, the SEALs did what they had to when they stormed the place, but I think it would've been much more effective if we captured him.
-I hate both Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party (Ok, I think many of us feel this way, so it's not so controversial)
-Having multiple news sources that are biased are actually more honest than one which is "honest." Therefore, while I don't watch them, I think the existence of CSNBC and FOX News are OK.
-I think people need to stop bitching about BioWare for ME3. Just because you don't like the ending (yes, it did suck) doesn't make you entitled to ***** and moan. Ok, fine, have your outrage and go on BioWare strike. But when their next kickass RPG comes out, don't complain when we're all having a good time playing it and you're still on strike.
-For the sake of the argument for science, I think evolution and only evolution should be taught in public schools. Creationism should be left to Sunday School.
-Working in special education, I actually believe that there is a huge potential for students who face disabilities to contribute to society. Much of the talk of ending care or education for these individuals may be unpopular and you may be fulfilling the request of the OP, I respectfully disagree.
-The cry about overpopulation is misunderstood. We actually have plenty of natural resources and land to use. Furthermore, a massive decrease in the population would have disastrous effect on the progress of mankind. Without a surplus population, there is no way to have the likelihood of creating another great scientist or inventor. It would regress us to the dark ages when the population pool couldn't create those great minds, we would go backwards rather than forwards.
-I like Warhammer Fantasy much more than 40k.

 

[applesandoranges]

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[Michael Rogov]

I like the Star Wars prequels. A lot.

And I like Nickelback. As repetitive as they are, I like em.

 

[S1leNt RIP]

Edit: Oh, and anyone living in America who rages to ANY DEGREE about the "1%". They piss me off! "Rah rah, 1% is evil rah rah, I live better than KINGS of the past. I have nature bent to my will. In summer I am cool, in winter I am warm. I am part of the 1% historically, and right now I'm part of the top 5% alive." UGH!!! Hate that! Who CARES if someone has more money than you! Who CARES what they are doing with it, because when it comes down to it you are just as selfish as those people! Seriously, how many of those same people gave to a charity or non-profit that week? The month? My money is on most of them being hypocritical douche bags!

Many of those people are arguing about the fact that they have very little in the way of financial security and are penalised financially at the expense of the unimaginably rich getting richer. And your response is: "when's the last time they gave money away?"

Congratulations, because my jaw just hit the fucking floor. I mean, there are arguments against the Occupy movement which I fundamentally disagree with, but I don't think I've ever seen one quite as non-sensical as that.

THEY don't have financial security?! Forgive me if I haven't had the intricacies of the Occupy movement explained to me before by a person who actually holds them, but if they are going to complain about people being fantastically wealthy, then they better not be fantastically wealthy as well (which relative to 95% of people alive, they are [95% is partially made up, it could be closer to 90%]) or they are hypocrites. Is that argument invalid somehow? That if these people, who live in America, are complaining about a wealth inequality, then they should be working to shrink all inequalities in wealth?

It seems to me like the Occupy movement is mainly about people wanting less for other so they can have more FOR THEMSELVES. At least that's how I've seen it portrayed.

How do you see the movement?